Jesus Christ always knew the anointing of God and when it was falling around Him.

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sensed immediately that some person was reaching out to Him and had drawn on that
anointing. He could sense when it had happened and hence He was able to say "Who touched
my clothes?" although so many people were touching Him.
Many times I have been in a meeting when I have sensed the anointing of God falling like a
shower from heaven. As the warmth of the Holy Spirit has fallen around me I have realised that
somebody has reached out to God and that His healing power is touching their body. I
remember on one occasion when I was teaching on the anointing and a woman sitting in the
front row of the meeting suffering from a stroke was instantly healed. As she believed the words
of scripture and the teaching on the anointing, the Holy Spirit was able to touch her. I felt the
surge of the anointing falling and as I looked I saw her face and her body straightening as God's
healing power manifested throughout her body. She stood up completely healed from her
stroke.
Thus we see Jesus saying to the woman who was healed from the flow of blood,
"Daughter your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your affliction." (Mark 6:34)
5.Raising From the Dead
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Such was the anointing with Jesus Christ that he knew he was able to raise the dead. We see
Him taking the dead child by the hand and saying to her,
"'Talitha, cumi' which is translated, 'Little girl, I say to you, arise.'
Immediately the girl arose and walked, for she was twelve years of age. And they were overcome with
great amazement." (Mark 5:41 & 42)
6.When Did This Anointing Come Upon Jesus?
Jesus Christ did not commence His ministry until He was about 30 years of age. He did so
immediately following His water baptism at which the Holy Spirit came upon Him like a dove.
Many would say that this was when He was baptised with the Holy Spirit.
"Then Jesus, when He had been baptized, came up immediately from the water: and behold, the heavens
were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him.
And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, 'This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.'"
(Matthew 3:16 & 17)
We notice that He was obedient to God, being led by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness to be
tempted by the devil. There He fasted forty days and forty nights before His temptation.
Following that experience He began to preach and say:
"Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand." (Matthew 4:17)
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synagogues preaching the gospel of the Kingdom and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds
of diseases among the people. Thus He was able to say:
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has
sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To preach deliverance to the captives And recovery of sight to the
blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord." (Luke 4:18 &
19)
Because God had anointed Him, that is empowered and set Him apart for the work of the
ministry, then the Spirit of the Lord God was upon Him. It was that anointing which enabled Him
to preach the good tidings to the poor, to heal the brokenhearted, proclaim liberty to the
captives, the opening of the prison to those who are bound and to preach the acceptable year of
the Lord.
"And they were astonished at His teaching, for His word was with authority." (Luke 4:32)
The demons began to cry out with a loud voice saying:
"Let us alone, what have we to do with you Jesus of Nazareth? Did you come to destroy us? I know You,
who You are—the Holy One of God." (Luke 4:34)
Many were healed:
"Now when the sun was setting, all those who had anyone sick with various diseases brought them to
Him; and He laid His hands on every one of them and healed them." (Luke 4:40)
and demons also came out of many:
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saying, 'You are the Christ, the Son of God!' And He, rebuking them, did not allow them to speak, for they
knew that He was the Christ." (Luke 4:41)
Therefore we conclude that the anointing of God, that is the presence of the Holy Spirit upon
Him was an essential prerequisite to the ministry of Jesus Christ.